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Math Kangaroo

Math Kangaroo is a locally-administered international math competition with divisions from the first grade through twelfth grade.

SDMC participates in Math Kangaroo as a way of meeting several programmatic needs:

The date of Math Kangaroo falls in March, a time of year when our upper tier students are very busy with math competitions already, but when our younger students have fewer challenge events available to them. Math Kangaroo provides a way to meet this need.

The content of Math Kangaroo is stratified to include age-appropriate challenge for ability levels as low as the first grade. This not only provides opportunity for our youngest SDMC students, but for students too young to participate in SDMC's regular on-site programs.

Math Kangaroo provides an avenue for outreach to the broader community and is administered in a manner that fits that intention. Students/families register directly with Math Kangaroo and submit payments to Math Kangaroo directly, promoting broad, open access and simplifying local organization.

Math Kangaroo is definitely a "signup event", but signup is in the form of direct registration and payment by the student/family online via the Math Kangaroo website. SDMC does not process any registrations and does not handle any funds.

Registration is restricted to SDMC students until November 15, but then opened to the general public until December 15. It is possible that capacity issues may force an early closure of registration, so acting early is advisable.

Please view the PowerPoint presentation below for step-by-step instructions on how to register.